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Alaska is purchased from Russia
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Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad
Once the railroad was completed it changed the US forever. A new way of transportation for people of the nation. It also helped us grow as a country -
John D. Rockefeller started Standard Oil
It controlled 90% of US refineries and pipelines. Oil is much needed for the railroads which is also a big part of the US at this time. He was the richest man in the world at his time. -
Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone
The first working telephone. He invented it because he wanted to build a phonautograph. His idea was so the deaf could see the sound of words. -
Thomas Edison brings light to the world with the light bulb
It worked by passing electricity through a thin platinum filament in the glass vacuum bulb. That delayed the filament from melting. Still, the lamp only burned for a few short hours. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
Signed by President Chester A. Arthur. This Act prohibited immigration of Chinese laborers. It helped racial discrimination against the Chinese laborers. -
Samuel Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL)
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Sherman Antitrust Act
Outlawed monopolistic business practices. It made them illegal. They were very unfair and this law helps a lot of citizens out. -
Ellis Island opens
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Carnegie Steel’s Homestead Strike
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Plessy v Ferguson
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Hawaii is annexed
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The U.S. declares war on Spain
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Rudyard Kipling published “The White Man’s Burden” in The New York Sun
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The start of the Boxer Rebellion
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Peak year of immigration through Ellis Island
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Tenement Act
Outlawed the construction of the dumbbell-shaped style tenement housing. Set minimum size requirements for tenement housing. It also mandated the installation of lighting, better ventilation, and indoor bathrooms. -
Pres. McKinley is assassinated and Progressive Theodore Roosevelt becomes President
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The Philippine Insurrection comes to an end
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The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe doctrine declares the U.S. right to intervene in the Wesern Hem
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Upton Sinclair releases “The Jungle”
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Pure Food & Drug Act and The Meat Inspection Act are passed
This law made it so every food/drug meant for humans to eat went through strict testing. This helped assure safety. It also kept things more clean. -
Henry Ford produced his first Model T (car)
Was one of the first cars people could actually buy and drive. This is important because people still use cars today and the technology has gotten more advanced. Thanks to Henry Ford for making the first actual car. -
Creation of the NAACP
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The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
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The Assassination on Austria’s archduke Franz Ferdinand starts WWI
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The Panama Canal is completed and opened for traffic
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The United States enters WWI
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Ratification of the 18th Amendment - Prohibition
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Women got the right to vote.
The National Woman's Party passed women's suffrage rights. This is one of the most important things in history. Basic human rights, male and female are equal.
